 | John Johnston - Physics - 1846 - 314 pages
...but the variation is inconsiderable, though easily determined by means hereafter to be described. 37. Centre of Gravity. — The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts will be equally balanced in every position of the body. Consequently, if... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...tenthousandth part of its length, for every ton of direct strain per square inch of sectional area. CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point within it which continually endeavours to gain the lowest possible situation ; or it is that point... | |
 | John Bourne - Steam engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...uniformly in a straight line, their mutual actions on one another remaining the same in both cases. CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point within it which continually endeavours to gain the lowest possible situation ; or it is that point... | |
 | John Johnston - Physics - 1854 - 420 pages
...poles) but the variation is inconsiderable, though easily determined by using the proper means. /37. Centre of Gravity. — -The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts will be equally balanced in every position of the body.^ Consequently, if... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - 866 pages
...space, it retains undiminished, is sufficient to carry it clear round in the curve called its orbit Centre of Gravity. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which the body lialances iUself in all positions. When a rod of uniform thickness and density... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - 1858 - 600 pages
...the poles it is greater. The laws of descending bodies will hereafter be more fully considered. 25. CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point in it where all the matter composing it majbe supposed to be collected. The centre of gravity of any... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1863 - 600 pages
...tenthousandth part of its length, for every ton of direct strain per square inch of sectional area. CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point within it which continually endeavours to gain the lowest possible situation ; or it is that point... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1869 - 664 pages
...power. Omitting the other topics connected with Mechanics, I shall just offer a few illustrations of the CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all ita parts do in any situation exactly balance each other, so that if a body be suspended... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 832 pages
...space, it retains undirninished, is sufficient to carry it clear round in the curve called its orbit. Centre of Gravity. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which tli e body balances itself in all positions. When a rod of uniform thickness and density... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - Mechanics, Analytic - 1887 - 406 pages
...mass therefore weighs g Ibs. Hence we have for the weight of any body w •=• mg. . . (62) 48. The Centre of Gravity. — The Centre of Gravity of a body is that point through which the action-line of the body's weight always passes. Let m and w be the type-symbols for... | |
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I shall just offer a few illustrations of the CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all... 
